Kinds of everyday place within a 10 minute walk, out of 10, every council ranked
Counted at each census area and averaged: a food shop, pharmacy, GP surgery, NHS dentist, nursery or preschool, primary school, café or restaurant, pub or bar, park or public garden. The tenth is a station or a bus stop with 4 or more buses an hour. A 10 minute walk is taken as 640 metres in a straight line. Figures for October 2026, published for 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 1.2. The council in the middle: Windsor and Maidenhead, 6.1. Highest: Islington, 10.0.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 1.2 |
| 2 | Shetland IslandsScotland | 1.9 |
| 3 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 2.6 |
| 4 | CeredigionWales | 3.2 |
| 5 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 3.5 |
| 5 joint | HighlandScotland | 3.5 |
| 5 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 3.5 |
| 8 | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 3.6 |
| 9 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 3.7 |
| 9 joint | PowysWales | 3.7 |
| 11 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 3.8 |
| 11 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 3.8 |
| 11 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 3.8 |
| 11 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 3.8 |
| 15 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 3.9 |
| 15 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 3.9 |
| 15 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 3.9 |
| 15 joint | West DevonSouth West | 3.9 |
| 19 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 4.0 |
| 19 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 4.0 |
| 19 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 4.0 |
| 19 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 4.0 |
| 23 joint | BaberghEast of England | 4.1 |
| 23 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 4.1 |
| 23 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 4.1 |
| 23 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 4.1 |
| 23 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 4.1 |
| 28 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 4.2 |
| 28 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 4.2 |
| 28 joint | WealdenSouth East | 4.2 |
| 28 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 4.2 |
| 32 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 4.3 |
| 32 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 4.3 |
| 32 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 4.3 |
| 32 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 4.3 |
| 32 joint | RotherSouth East | 4.3 |
| 32 joint | South HamsSouth West | 4.3 |
| 38 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 4.4 |
| 38 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 4.4 |
| 38 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 4.4 |
| 38 joint | WaverleySouth East | 4.4 |
| 42 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 4.5 |
| 42 joint | FenlandEast of England | 4.5 |
| 42 joint | GwyneddWales | 4.5 |
| 42 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 4.5 |
| 42 joint | StroudSouth West | 4.5 |
| 42 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 4.5 |
| 48 joint | DorsetSouth West | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 4.6 |
| 48 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 4.6 |
| 56 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 4.7 |
| 56 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 4.7 |
| 56 joint | MorayScotland | 4.7 |
| 56 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 4.7 |
| 56 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 4.7 |
| 56 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 4.7 |
| 56 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 4.7 |
| 63 joint | CornwallSouth West | 4.8 |
| 63 joint | East DevonSouth West | 4.8 |
| 63 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 4.8 |
| 63 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 4.8 |
| 63 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 4.8 |
| 63 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 4.8 |
| 69 joint | AngusScotland | 4.9 |
| 69 joint | MaldonEast of England | 4.9 |
| 69 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 4.9 |
| 69 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 4.9 |
| 69 joint | SomersetSouth West | 4.9 |
| 69 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 4.9 |
| 69 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 4.9 |
| 76 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | FlintshireWales | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | New ForestSouth East | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | North DevonSouth West | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 5.0 |
| 76 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 5.0 |
| 85 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 5.1 |
| 85 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 5.1 |
| 93 joint | AshfordSouth East | 5.2 |
| 93 joint | HartSouth East | 5.2 |
| 93 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 5.2 |
| 93 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 5.2 |
| 93 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 5.2 |
| 98 joint | BridgendWales | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | HorshamSouth East | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 5.3 |
| 98 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 5.3 |
| 108 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | East LothianScotland | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | LewesSouth East | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | StirlingScotland | 5.4 |
| 108 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 5.4 |
| 117 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 5.5 |
| 117 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 5.5 |
| 117 joint | CherwellSouth East | 5.5 |
| 117 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 5.5 |
| 117 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 5.5 |
| 117 joint | TendringEast of England | 5.5 |
| 117 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 5.5 |
| 124 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 5.6 |
| 124 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 5.6 |
| 124 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 5.6 |
| 124 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 5.6 |
| 124 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 5.6 |
| 124 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 5.6 |
| 124 joint | SwaleSouth East | 5.6 |
| 131 joint | CanterburySouth East | 5.7 |
| 131 joint | ConwyWales | 5.7 |
| 131 joint | FalkirkScotland | 5.7 |
| 131 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 5.7 |
| 131 joint | West LothianScotland | 5.7 |
| 131 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 5.7 |
| 131 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 5.7 |
| 138 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | BedfordEast of England | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | DenbighshireWales | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | FifeScotland | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | RochfordEast of England | 5.8 |
| 138 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 5.8 |
| 150 joint | InverclydeScotland | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 5.9 |
| 150 joint | WrexhamWales | 5.9 |
| 158 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | DoverSouth East | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | MidlothianScotland | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 6.0 |
| 158 joint | WyreNorth West | 6.0 |
| 166 joint | ArunSouth East | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | CaerphillyWales | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | EastleighSouth East | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 6.1 |
| 166 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 6.1 |
| 176 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | FarehamSouth East | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | FyldeNorth West | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 6.2 |
| 176 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 6.2 |
| 185 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 6.3 |
| 185 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 6.3 |
| 193 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | HavantSouth East | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | LancasterNorth West | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 6.4 |
| 193 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 6.4 |
| 204 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 6.5 |
| 204 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 6.5 |
| 204 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 6.5 |
| 204 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 6.5 |
| 204 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 6.5 |
| 204 joint | TorfaenWales | 6.5 |
| 204 joint | WokingSouth East | 6.5 |
| 211 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 6.6 |
| 211 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 6.6 |
| 211 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 6.6 |
| 211 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 6.6 |
| 211 joint | SwanseaWales | 6.6 |
| 211 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 6.6 |
| 217 joint | NewportWales | 6.7 |
| 217 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 6.7 |
| 217 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 6.7 |
| 217 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 6.7 |
| 217 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 6.7 |
| 217 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 6.7 |
| 223 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | DartfordSouth East | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | PendleNorth West | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | TorbaySouth West | 6.8 |
| 223 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 6.8 |
| 233 joint | BuryNorth West | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | DacorumEast of England | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 6.9 |
| 233 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 6.9 |
| 241 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 7.0 |
| 241 joint | WiganNorth West | 7.0 |
| 243 joint | AdurSouth East | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | BasildonEast of England | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | HaltonNorth West | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | SwindonSouth West | 7.1 |
| 243 joint | ThanetSouth East | 7.1 |
| 255 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 7.2 |
| 255 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 7.2 |
| 255 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 7.2 |
| 255 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 7.2 |
| 255 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 7.2 |
| 260 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | ExeterSouth West | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | HastingsSouth East | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | MedwaySouth East | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | SeftonNorth West | 7.3 |
| 260 joint | TamesideNorth West | 7.3 |
| 268 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | OldhamNorth West | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 7.4 |
| 268 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 7.4 |
| 279 joint | BoltonNorth West | 7.5 |
| 279 joint | HarlowEast of England | 7.5 |
| 279 joint | SloughSouth East | 7.5 |
| 279 joint | StevenageEast of England | 7.5 |
| 283 joint | BromleyLondon | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | GosportSouth East | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | IpswichEast of England | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | OxfordSouth East | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | StockportNorth West | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | WirralNorth West | 7.6 |
| 283 joint | WorthingSouth East | 7.6 |
| 292 joint | HaveringLondon | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | HillingdonLondon | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | LutonEast of England | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | PrestonNorth West | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | ReadingSouth East | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | TraffordNorth West | 7.7 |
| 292 joint | WatfordEast of England | 7.7 |
| 300 joint | NorwichEast of England | 7.8 |
| 300 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 7.8 |
| 300 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 7.8 |
| 303 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 7.9 |
| 303 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 7.9 |
| 303 joint | CardiffWales | 7.9 |
| 303 joint | CrawleySouth East | 7.9 |
| 303 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 7.9 |
| 308 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 8.0 |
| 308 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 8.0 |
| 308 joint | CroydonLondon | 8.0 |
| 308 joint | SalfordNorth West | 8.0 |
| 308 joint | SuttonLondon | 8.0 |
| 313 joint | BexleyLondon | 8.1 |
| 313 joint | EnfieldLondon | 8.1 |
| 313 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 8.1 |
| 316 joint | BristolSouth West | 8.2 |
| 316 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 8.2 |
| 316 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 8.2 |
| 316 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 8.2 |
| 320 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 8.3 |
| 320 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 8.3 |
| 320 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 8.3 |
| 320 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 8.3 |
| 324 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 8.4 |
| 325 joint | BarnetLondon | 8.5 |
| 325 joint | HarrowLondon | 8.5 |
| 325 joint | HounslowLondon | 8.5 |
| 325 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 8.5 |
| 329 | PortsmouthSouth East | 8.6 |
| 330 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 8.8 |
| 330 joint | GreenwichLondon | 8.8 |
| 330 joint | MertonLondon | 8.8 |
| 333 joint | BrentLondon | 8.9 |
| 333 joint | EalingLondon | 8.9 |
| 333 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 8.9 |
| 336 | LewishamLondon | 9.0 |
| 337 | Waltham ForestLondon | 9.1 |
| 338 | NewhamLondon | 9.2 |
| 339 joint | HaringeyLondon | 9.4 |
| 339 joint | WandsworthLondon | 9.4 |
| 341 joint | LambethLondon | 9.6 |
| 341 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 9.6 |
| 343 | City of LondonLondon | 9.7 |
| 344 joint | CamdenLondon | 9.8 |
| 344 joint | HackneyLondon | 9.8 |
| 344 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 9.8 |
| 344 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 9.8 |
| 348 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 9.9 |
| 348 joint | WestminsterLondon | 9.9 |
| 350 | IslingtonLondon | 10.0 |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has no open list of where its GP practices, NHS dentists, nurseries or parks are.
GEOLYTIX Retail Points (June 2026); the NHS pharmacy registers of each nation; NHS England, Organisation Data Service, GP practices (epraccur), active, role RO76; Public Health Scotland, GP practice contact details and list sizes, July 2026; Business Services Organisation, GP practice reference file, July 2026; postcodes.io, from the ONS Postcode Directory, for postcodes in Great Britain only; NHS England, Organisation Data Service, general dental practices (egdpprac), active; NHS England, Organisation Data Service, general dental practices (egdpprac), active; Public Health Scotland, NHS dental practices and registrations, December 2025; Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, nurseries and preschools, as at 31 December 2025; Care Inspectorate, datastore, day care of children, August 2026; Care Inspectorate Wales, registered services export, full day and sessional day care; Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, daily extract, 16 October 2026; Welsh Government, address list of schools, maintained schools, April 2026; Scottish Government, school contact details, schools open on 31 July 2026; Department of Education (Northern Ireland), school census 2025/26, school level data for primary and post primary schools; Department of Education (Northern Ireland), Locate a School, location of schools; postcodes.io, from the ONS Postcode Directory, for postcodes in Great Britain only; the Food Standards Agency register of food businesses; Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, access points to public parks and gardens; National Rail, NaPTAN and the Bus Open Data Service, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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